Series consists of records created by the Sisters of St. Ann who staffed the Skagway Sanatorium between 1945 and 1947.

During the Second World War, barracks were built in Skagway to house American military forces sent to Alaska to defend the coast. Towards the end of the war, and in response to the prevalence of tuberculosis, the Governor of Alaska sought to repurpose the buildings as a TB sanatorium. The Sisters of St. Ann agreed to provide nursing Sisters to staff the hospital beginning February 1945. The buildings were not hospitable, and in 1947 staff and patients were moved to Sitka, Alaska. The Sisters ended their involvement with the sanitarium in July 1947.

Records in this series include chronicles, local council minutes, financial records, a history of the institution, and photographs.

The collection consists of records related to the creation and function of the Sisters of St. Ann in St. Joseph's Province, which covers the geographic area of British Columbia, the Yukon, Alaska, Oregon and Washington State. The SSA Archives acquired records created by the Sisters and the Corporation, as well as associated bodies such as parent-teacher organizations or alumnae societies for the schools they were involved in. The collection is currently arranged into 53 fonds, with the records created by The Sisters in one main fonds (PR-2415) which is comprised of approximately 140 series. The additional fonds are records created by external related bodies, such as the St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae, Providence Farm in Duncan, and the Friends of St. Ann's Academy.

The Sisters of St. Ann were involved in education and healthcare throughout British Columbia as well as in the Yukon and Alaska, and the records in this collection represent those activities, as well as the place of the congregation in the broader Catholic landscape of Western Canada. Records reflect the Sisters' presence in parochial and residential schools as well as hospitals, but also their relationship to their motherhouse in Lachine, Quebec, and the reporting structures of a congregation of women religious. There are many series that are related to a specific institution where the Sisters worked, but additional information about that institution will be held in administrative series such as the Provincial Bursar records or the Provincial Superior records.

The records in this collection are on numerous formats, including textual, photographic, audio and visual recordings, artworks, published library materials, objects, and digital records.

The series consists of Cowan family records including business records: ledger, 1887-1889, and daybooks, 1889-1892 and 1892-1894, Eagle and Paxton (Onward Ranch); reminiscences and scrapbook of C.G. Cowan re big game hunting, travel in the Yukon, Alaska, and British Columbia, and work as ranch manager and land agent, Kamloops and Cariboo; letters of his wife, Vivien Cowan to a friend, 1964-1970, describing life on the Onward Ranch, painting, artist friends, etc.

The item is a microfilm copy of a thesis by Makoto Kowta titled "Old Togiak in Prehistory." xviii, 510 leaves: figs., illus., maps, tables. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of California, Los Angeles, 1963. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 502-509. University Microfilms, 73-7710.

The item is a microfilm copy of a thesis by Michael George Kovach titled "The Russian Orthodox church in Russian America." iv, 290 leaves: maps, tables. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of Pittsburgh, 1957. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 280-290. University Microfilms, 22851.

The item consists of two reels of nature film showing marine and seashore life on the Pacific coast. Includes: tidal plants, crustaceans, fish; oolichan fishery and its importance; seabirds of Triangle Island and Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii); seals and seabirds on the Pribilof Islands, etc. Also footage of Victoria Inner Harbour area, houses and gardens.

The item consists of a film print showing life of the Pribilof Islands fur seal colony on the Bering Sea.

The item is a reel of nature film footage shot on St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, and donated to the BC Provincial Museum by the Fouke Fur Co., St. Louis.

The item is a b&w photograph of the Popof Glacier in Alaska.

Item consists of one aerial photograph of Sitka, Alaska.

The item is a video copy of a promotional film. It shows mining in the Yukon, yesterday and today, and the importance of the White Pass and Yukon Railway as a transportation system. Shows the development and start-up of the Anvil Mine, a lead-zinc mine on the Ross River; its impact on the port of Skagway and the upgrading of transport infrastructure. The first shipment of ore travels by truck to Whitehorse, by rail to Skagway, and by ship to world markets.

Promotional film. Mining in the Yukon, yesterday and today, and the importance of the White Pass and Yukon Railway as a transportation system. Shows the development and start-up of the Anvil Mine, a lead-zinc mine on the Ross River; its impact on the port of Skagway and the upgrading of transport infrastructure. The first shipment of ore travels by truck to Whitehorse, by rail to Skagway, and by ship to world markets.

Amateur film. Mainly shows trip(s) up the Stikine by riverboat and placer mining activity on the river. Includes: waterfront view of Wrangell, Alaska; views of and from riverboat "Hazel B No. 2" going upriver; the Three Sisters (islands in the river); riverboat at Telegraph Creek and barge at Dease Lake, and local activity; forest fire & fire-fighting; shots of a Fokker F-11AHB flying boat designated CF-AUV (at dock and taking off) and a Fairchild floatplane; aerial shots in the vicinity; wreckage of aircraft CF-AUV (which crashed at McDame Lake, 13 July1935); general scenery and wildlife. The placer mining footage, which is interspersed, includes shots of a small mining camp, sluice works, panning, hydraulic monitor operation, jerry-built mining equipment in use, etc.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-04-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Coming to Canada. Married 1908. Fishing at Blackfish. Trollers. Cannery operations before 1908, including the "Iron Chink" salmon butchering machine. Story of a close call at sea in the Aleutians. Halibut fishing. Went to Bering Strait before 1908. First fishing boat. Ranching in Alberta after WWI; hard hit by the Depression. His grandfather settled on Orcas Island and grew hay. [Mr. Still grew up on Orcas.] TRACK 2: Probably made trip to the Bering Sea in 1903 or later. Rowboat fishing. Fish abundant. Story of man abandoned by dog team. Eskimos at cannery. More on canneries and fishermen. Fishing methods then and now. Story about towboating and breaking up a log boom.